Necktie construction



Dec. 16, 1952 P. c. MACRIDES ETAL NECKTIE CONSTRUCTION Filed April 14, 1949 FIG. I

FIG. 2

INVENTOR. PHILIP c. MAORIDES MORRIS SOLOMON lflly ATTY.

Patented Dec. 16, 1952 UNlTE DtSTAT-ES PATENT F C NECKTIE CONSTRUCTION Philip C. Macrides, Troy, and Morris Solomon, Albany, N. Y., assignors to Cluett, Peabody & 00., Inc., Troy, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application April 14, 1949, Serial No. 87,412

I 2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to wovenfabric neckties of the four-in-hand type. This type of necktie is cut from fabric on the bias, so that the longitudinal axis of the tie is oblique to the warp and filling yarns. Suchties when hung on a rack, by draping'the tie over a bar or rack, tend to arch or bow in a transverse direction at the larger end thereof, which isobjectionable from the sales standpoint. When a woven lining is employed, it also is cut on the bias, and when one attempts to stitch the two bias edges together, adjacent the free end of the large end portion of the tie, it is difficult to obtain a smooth and satisfactory product, because the bias cut edges when brought together for stitching must be pulled slightly to smooth them out, and they are apt to stretch unevenly before they are united.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved four-in-hand tie, which when hung over a rack will have a minimum tendency to bow or arch convexly in a transverse direction, which may have its lining attached without uneven stretching along the edges of the large end portion of the tie, which will require minimum skill to attach the lining to the tie fabric, which will hold its fiat, pressed condition, and which will be relatively simple, attractive in appearance and inexpensive.

Various other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description of an embodiment of the invention, and the novel features will be particularly pointed out hereinafter in connection with the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a rear face elevation of a four-inhand tie as heretofore made;

Fig. 2 is a rear face elevation of the large end portion of a tie constructed in accordance with this invention, with a portion of the tie pulled outwardly to show details of the construction; and

Fig. 3 is a similar view with a portion of one of the folded portions broken away to show certain details of construction.

In Fig. l is illustrated a part of the large end portion A of a woven fabric four-in-hand necktie having a woven lining B attached to the back of the tie fabric. The direction of the Warp and filling yarns in the tie fabric is illustrated diagrammatically at C, and it will be noted that the edge D of one of the folded back portions is oblique to the Warp and filling yarns, so that the edge D, is on the bias. The woven lining B is similarly cut and shaped, and a corresponding edge is disposed along the edge D on the under face of the fold E. It is also on the bias, so that it is necessary to stitch together two bias-cut edges. Such bias-cut edges stretch easily when any tension is applied along the edge, yet in stitching such edges'together on a sewing machine, some tension is necessary in order to smooth them out and prevent the formation of wrinkles. Care, however, must be exercised to not exert too much or varying pull on the bias cut edges, otherwise the edges will stretch and the tie fabric and lining may tend to bulge and pu-cker unevenly in the portion along the edge D. Such ties also tend, when hung, to arch or bow, in an arcuate, convex manner, considerably in a horizontal direction, and after hanging in that bowed condition that shape will tend to remain after the tie has been laid fiat or worn.

The new construction illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 eliminates these difliculties. According to this discovery the tie I is formed of a woven fabric 2, and is cut on the bias as usual in four-inhand ties. The side margins of the tie blank are folded over, along generally longitudinal lines, against the back of the fabric to form flaps 3 and 4. The side edge 5 of the flap 3 as it approaches the lower end edge 6 of the tie, instead of continuing on the bias, is turned at 1, so as to run parallel with the warp or filling yarns, and this edge 1 makes an angle of with the edge 6. The end edge 6 is parallel to the warp or filling yarns, so that both edges 6 and 1 are parallel to either the warp or filling yarns. The direction of the warp and filling yarns is shown diagrammatically at 8. Similarly the edge 9 of the flap 4 is cut at an angle of 90 to the end edge l0, and thus the edges 9 and 10 will be parallel with either the warp or filling yarns of the tie fabric. The flap 4 may have this edge portion 9 again folded under, along the line of fold II. All edges of the tie are of course,

hemmed or turned under to provide finishededges.

When a tie formed in this manner is hung on a rack over which it is draped, it has been found to hold its flat shape in which it is pressed, and resist any tendency to arch or bow convexly in a transverse direction. A tie so made will hold its flat shape for a longer period of time than has heretofore been possible. When such ties are to be lined, the tie fabric may have attached to the rear thereof, a woven lining l2 similarly cut and shaped and stitched to the rear of the tie fabric in the same manner as heretofore, but at the lower end portion of the tie the corresponding edges of the lining and tie fabric.

will be parallel to either the warp or filling yarns so that they will not stretch or distort when subjected to endwise tension necessary to smooth out the tie fabric and lining. Consequently one does not have the local bulging and puckering of the tie fabric and lining along the edges at the lower end portion of the tie, so that one need not exerciseaswmuch care in attaching the lining as has been necessary heretofore. The same arrangement may be provided on the small or opposite end portion of the tie.

It will be understood that various changes in the details, materials and arrangements of parts, which have been herein described andillustrated in order to explain the nature of the invention, may be made by those skilled in theart within the principle and scope of the.invention,.as eX-,

pressed in the appended claims.

We claim:

1. A woven fabric necktie of the four-in-hand type-havingspaced longitudinally disposed fold lines defining a front panel and. opposed rear panels,- each of said rear panelshaving a slower free side edge and afllongitudinal axisoblique to: both the warp and filling .yarns of the-fabric, the end edge of each rear panel being cut at an axes oblique to both the warp and filling yarns of the fabrics, the end edges of each rear panel being cut at an angle to its respective fold line and. intersecting the adjacent lower free side edges of said rear-panels at angles of 90 degrees,

said lower. free side edges of each fabric being parallel to its warp yarns and said end edges of each fabric being parallel to its filling yarns. PHILIP C. MACRIDES. MORRIS SOLOMON.

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